Hi all,
If you'd like to download copies of our 6-volume Music Workbook
series for FREE, we've decided to make them available again.
Orginally there were 4 volumes, but now we've added another couple
which members might find useful (see below for content info).
Here's a brief run-down of their content:
VOLUME I - TABS, STAVES, CHORDBOXES, KEYBOARDS & TRANSPOSITION WHEELS
featured on no fewer than 88 printable pages. Anything from 3 to 10
strings are available in tabs and chordboxes as well as combinations
of the above. So if you play the guitar, banjo, mandolin, mountain
dulcimer, lute, pedal steel guitar etc. there are options for
virtually any fretted instrument you can imagine. Keyboard players
aren't left out - there are many combinations of keyboard blanks to
choose from. Ever wanted to change to a different key, but hated all
the hassle, well several transposition wheels are included for your
use, making the task quick and easy.
VOLUME II - MULTI-INSTRUMENT TUNING & FRETBOARD LAYOUTS
Ever needed a clear easy to read fretboard layout for your instrument
with every note on every fret labelled for easy reference? Volume II
provides tuning and fretboard layouts for no fewer than 91 different
instruments and tunings, plus 24 blanks for writing out layouts for
your own tunings. Instruments include: guitar, banjo, mandolin,
dulcimer, ukulele, lute, bass guitar, balalaika, bouzouki, mandola,
cittern, charango, cuatro, domra, tenor guitar, Dobro, pedal steel,
requinto, ronroco, tiple, timple, mandocello, tres cubano,
cavaquinho, tamburitza, cumbus, laouto, baglama, walaycho, bajo
sexto, tzouras, portuguese guitarra, mandriola, laud, bandurria,
waldzither, English guittar etc.,with some featuring several
different tunings.
VOLUME III - GUITAR TUNING & FRETBOARD LAYOUTS includes no fewer than
100 alternative and standard tunings. These have been created or used
by many guitar luminaries including: Joni Mitchell, Leo Kottke, John
Martyn, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, John Renbourn, Neil Young,
Stephen Stills, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, David Crosby, Chet
Atkins, Nick Drake, Paul McCartney, Lisa Loeb, Robert Fripp, Bob
Dylan and many others. Tunings for 7-string, 10-string classical,
Tenor Guitar and Requinto are also included.
VOLUME IV - BASS GUITAR TUNING & FRETBOARD LAYOUTS includes 4-String,
5-String, 6-String, 7-String and 8-String. Variations include Open
A, Open E, Drop D, Drop B, Semitone Flat, BEAD tuning, Piccolo Bass,
Old Skool, Ty Tabor, EADGCF 6-String tuning,, Drop A, ADGC Tenor
tuning, F#BEAD 5-String tuning and others! virtually every 'base' is
covered - excuse the pun!
VOLUME V - SCALES & GLOSSARY features 98 different scale
configurations from the standard to the exotic, along with a
comprehesive glossary of terms in a variety of languages. The scales
will help you work out the correct intervals in the many different
scale types you may like to try out.
VOLUME VI - OCTAVE DESIGNATIONS & TUNINGS features an octave
designation diagram with keyboard, together with 250 fretted
instrument tunings in scientific pitch notation. Guitars, banjos,
charangos, lutes, mandolins, etc. Everything from the everyday to the
exotic!
Each volume is available in both US Letter and A4 formats!
You will need a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader program if you haven't
already got a copy which is freely available from Adobe.
You'll find all 4 volumes in the 'FREEBIES' section at Fretted
Friends Music:
http://www.frettedfriendsmusic.com/
Have a very Happy Christmas, New Year and Happy Hannukah!!!
Best wishes,
Tobe